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Intel Core i5 1135G7 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

36 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1135G7
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core i5 1135G7
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 0.9-2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 1135G7 against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7520U and 1135G7
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1135G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1783 vs 1270 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1135G7
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 1135G7 +40%
1783
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1135G7 +17%
4930
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
File compression 415.2 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 31.2 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 92.1 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 149.6 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 149.6 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 46.9 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.1 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 775 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 31.3 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 34M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.4M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 559 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17882 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1135G7 +11%
56.94
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.5 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 176.1 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 332.2 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.03 PPW 3.41 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 1135G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Neup_Gamerz)GeekBench1908 / 5270
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (monir)GeekBench1862 / 6087
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (VSM)GeekBench1191 / 1891
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-26 (Guest #3)Cinebench 202464 / 238
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)GeekBench1444 / 4688
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1135G7 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 2, 2020 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number i5-1135G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Radeon 610M
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 0.9-2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 9-24x 28x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 15 W
Socket BGA-1449 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 128
TMUs 40 8
ROPs 20 4
Execution Units 80 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1135G7 +240%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1135G7 official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 4

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Comments

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